Bystander Intervention Programs White Paper - Campus License Download

Involving bystanders in the fight against campus sexual violence is not only a smart idea — it has also quickly become a federal mandate. Primary prevention strategies, especially bystander intervention, are touted by the White House as well as within the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA). These proactive, pro-social efforts to shift campus culture by making sexual violence prevention everyone’s responsibility are here to stay.

So, what does that mean for today’s campuses? Institutions need to build capacity or the numbers of people on campus willing to speak up and act. You need to tap into student leaders who exert social influence to make bystander intervention a campus social norm. You need to remove barriers, create partnerships, develop models and get our male students involved. In essence, you need to make bystander intervention a regular part of our long-term sexual violence prevention efforts.

Topics Covered:

The Bystander Intervention Programs White Paper addresses all of these issues, and more, as you work to develop or strengthen your campus efforts. Throughout this 60-page resource, you’ll find the following information:

Strategies for developing a bystander intervention program

Who and what to include

Why bystander intervention is the gold standard and its background

What the federal government requires you to do — a compliance primer

How to effectively involve male students

Tips for building capacity

Involving student leaders

Developing positive social norms

Partnerships and forums — from curriculum infusion to Greek Life and beyond

Creating allies, not animosity

Involving faculty, staff and high-level administrators

Addressing issues of "problematic masculinity"

Helping students overcome fears and barriers to become effective bystanders

In addition, this White Paper provides practical resources such as...

An overview of national programs that work

Spotlights on individual campus best practices

A Q&A with national violence prevention experts

A list of available resources to tap into

"20 Ways to Be an Effective Bystander" list

Tools to use within your own bystander intervention efforts, including case studies, worksheets, handouts and posters

Audiences:

Training campus community members to be effective bystanders when it comes to issues of sexual violence involves various groups, such as:

Athletics

Greek Life

Student Leaders

Resident Assistants

ROTC

Faculty

Staff

Peer Educators

Bystander intervention is an effective, climate-changing strategy, as long as it’s done right. Let the Bystander Intervention ProgramsWhite Paper guide your efforts, provide new ideas and help you increase campus capacity in the fight against sexual violence.

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